The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1887-05-11
DIR. TAI,MAGE'S SERMON.
Cheer for tho Dishcar,ened.
"No man cared for m yyoul"-psA,u %.

.'D' illcl itcll III pursuit. OF him.
ilo nag hidden IN The cave Of Engedi,
near the coast Of the Dead Sea. Ut
tcrly Tagged out with the pursuit. MS
you have often been worn out with tho
trials or life, he sat down and cried
out, mo man cared for my souls
IL you should fall through n hatch
way, or Slip from a scailolding, or drop
through u skylight, there would be hun
ureds OF people who would come around
ana pick up your body aud carry it to
The home or to the hospital ] saw a
great crowd OF people in tho street, and
| asked, "What is the matter?n and
found out that q poor laboring man had
fallen under sunstroke and ali our ewes
were filled with tears ut tile thought Of
his distracted wife and his desolatcd
home. We are all sympathetic with
physical disaster, but how
LITTLE SYMPATHY o SPIRITUAL.
WOES
There are men in this house who
have come to mid-lifc who have never
yet been once personally accostcd about
The eternal welfare. ~ great sermon
dropped into an audience Of hundreds
Of thousands will do its work; but il
this world is ever TO be brought to God,
it will be through little sermons preach
ed to private Christians to an audience
Of one. The sisters letter postmarkcd
1T tho village; the word uttered in your
hearing, half of smiles and half Of tears;
the religious postscript to Il business
letter; tic card left ct Tic door when
sou had some kind OF trouble; the an
Xious look OF some one across IL church
aisle while an earnest sermon WAS being
preached, swung you into the Kingdom
Of God.
But there arc hundreds OF people i'll
this house who will take tho word that
David used in tho past tense and en-
ploy it III tho present tense, and cry
out. mo man cares for my soul.n
You feel as you 60 out day by day in
the tug and iostlc OF life that it is
EVERY MAN For lIIMsEI.r.
You can endure the pressure OF com
mcrcial affairs and would consider it
almost impertincnt for any one to ask
you whether you are making or losing
money. But there have been times
When you would have drawn your
clicque for thousands OF dollars if some
one would only help your soul out OF
it's perplexitics. There are questions
about your higher destiny that ache,
and distract, and agoniZo you at times.
Let no one suppose that because you
are busy all day with hardware, or
~dry-goods, Or groceries, or grain, that
your thoughts are no longer than your
yard-stick, and stop at the brass-hcaded
nails Of the store counter. When you
speak once about religious things you
think a thousand times. They call you
Is Wnrln'ing: Won arc
NOr NhS0l;ilN1Nl
S)f curse Son are u.dusl.jou5 ,ld
~ nlHa nat YU9#liANc la3 VOiir|Gyo4
NlcncdtH 10 l}u rtaiitits M ,llc ucXt
5lprid NoU GfG licG N fool.a You kippW
better San any one eau. toil 4Ycit Chat
Il lew years AT luoa,MiN wi,diUj<yoltr
earthly engagements, and that you
Will take residence in a distant sphere
where all your business adroitncss
would be u supcriluity. You some
times think till your head aches about
great religious subjects. You 60 down
the street with your eyes fixel on the
pavement, Obvious OF tho passing null
titndes, your thoughts gone on IN eternal
expedition. You wonder if the Bible
is true; how much Of it is literal and
how much is iguratiye; law if Christ be
God; if there is anything like retribu-
tlcn, if you are immortal; il Il rcsllrrcc-
ton will ever take place; what the oc-
cupation Of your departed kindred is;
what you will be ten thousand years
from now. With Il cultured placidity
OF countenance you arc on lire with
agitations Of soul. Oh, this
SOLITARY ANXIETY
of your whole lifetime. You have sold
goods too bought them from Christian
people for ten years, and they have
never whispered one word Of spiritual
counsel. You have passed up and
down the eislcs Of churches with men
who knew that you had no hope OF
heaven, and talked about the weather.
and about your physical health. and
about everything but that CONCERNING
when you most wanted to hear them
spcak-namcly, your everlasting spirit.
Time, without number you have felt in
your heart, II you have not uttered IL
WITH your lips. mo man cares for my
There have been times when YOU
were especially pliable OH the great sub
]ect OF religion. 1t was SO, for instance
after you had lost your property. You
mad great many letters blowing you
up Tor being unfortunate. You show
cu That there had been q confederation
or circumsta ces, and that your insoly-
cncy wa no fault Of yours. Your crcdi-
tors talked TO you rs though they would
nave y hundred cents on q dollar or
your life. Protest after protest tum-
blcd in on your desk. Men who used
TO take your hand with both of theirs
ana shake 1t violently, now pass Won ~,